23/04/2026
𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻
As the London Bangladeshi Health Partnership, we were proud to support this important moment of reflection and accountability as part of WHO Regional Office for Europe’s through the RIVER - EU London satellite event.
Working in partnership with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Housing Association Ltd, Voice4Change England, we brought the findings back to the Bangladeshi community in East London, ensuring that the very communities who shaped this work could see, challenge and build on the insights generated.
This is what “closing the loop” means in practice. Not just research on communities, but learning with communities and returning outcomes in ways that are meaningful, accessible and grounded in lived experience.
The Bangladeshi community continues to demonstrate what is possible. Despite facing socioeconomic disadvantage, childhood vaccination uptake remains strong, a testament to the power of trust, community cohesion and culturally grounded engagement.
One message resonated clearly:
➡️ Vaccination uptake improves when communication is rooted in trusted leaders, trusted voices and trusted places.
This aligns closely with Riyadul Karim’s 3Ts approach that underpins our work, strengthening community–system partnerships, enabling culturally competent dialogue, and embedding health within spaces and relationships that people already know and trust.
We extend our sincere thanks to colleagues including Sandra Mounier-Jack, Ifra Ali, Sadie Bell and Riyadul Karim for their continued collaboration and leadership in advancing community-led approaches to vaccine equity.
🔷 Read the full story:
https://river-eu.org/when-it-comes-to-vaccination-trust-is-everything-closing-the-loop-in-the-uk/
This March, RIVER-EU colleagues brought the project's findings back to the communitythat inspired them. During two events that reached very different audiences, theyshared the same core message: when it comes to vaccination, trust is everything.
